Garment hanger and presser



Jan, 2, 1923 l LMLS?. y H G. H, BOSTON.

GAHMENT HANGER AND PRESSER.

FILED APR4 17. 1922.

m l -ll /0// 25 ,Z3 Z7 l l `l INENTOR ATTORN EY G'JLBERT E. BOSTON, 0FGANESVLLE,

TEXl-iq.

GARIENT HANGER XNB PRESSER.

Application 'tiled April 17, 1922.

To AZZ ifi/icm 'it /ifmg/ concern e it known that (inlener lil. lrosron,a citizen oi the United residing at Vinesville, in the county oi? Cookeand 'e orf Texas,

nave invented new and useiful improvements in Garment Hangers and,Presse-rs, oil which the Yfollowing is a speci- .tication This inventionrelates to a garment hanger and presser, and the object is to provide adevice including a coat hanger and a plurality of hinged elementsbetween which a pair oic trousers inay be pressed.

i further object is to provide an element or board the upper end oiCwhich shall be shaped to constitute a coat hanger, and an elementconstituting a pressure member hinged to the element iirst named andretained in position by particular clamping means.

A still Lturther object is to provide one oi the principal elements ofthe device with cleats having extended end portions permit tingretaining members to be pivoted thereto in position tor engaging theother or said principal elements of the pressing` device for holding thesame in operative position.

l,Vith the 'foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consistsin the novel construction and arrangement oi? elements described andclaimed, it being understood that modifications may be made Within thescope of the claims, Without departing ,trom the spirit of invention.

ln the drawings, Figure 1 is a view ot the device in elevation; Figure 2is an elevation, from the opposite side; Figure 3 is an view, the hingedmember beingl in full lines and in dotted iines; Figure di is transversesection on the line M ot Figure 1; Figure 5 is a detail view of aclamping device.

The board or base may be approxi- -inately rectangular,'so tar as theportion thereof is concerned. rlhe upper end of the board is howeverformed into a coat hanger, to be suspended by means ot a hook l1 orother suitable device, having swivel connection With a clip, or thelike, designated 12.

The upper end portion of base 10 is provided ivith curved portions 13and 141, and 1with outwardly or laterally extending devices 15 and 16,adapted to directly support the shoulder portion ot the garment.

A iilurality of cleats 17 and 18 are se- Scrial No. 553,388.

portions 19, extending around the base.

.',oint shown, and is rounded at assist in supporting the shoulderportion ot the garment. Secured to cleat 20 .ae hinges 21 and 2Q. bymeans of which the pressure board 23 is mounted, this board beg usuallyor the same width as tbe base 0, and terminating at the lower end of thebase.

Bars 25 and :26 are pivoted respectively on opposite edges of thepressure board 23, the pivotal members 2? being mounted in end portions19 the cleats 17 and 1S. Clamping devices 28 and 29, of U-shape serve toretain the pivoted bars in position after the garment has' been placedbetween boards 10 and 23.

From the foregoing the operation of the device will `pgarent andparticular einphasis is placed upon the devices by means which theelements 10 and are held with reference to each other.,

Having thus described the claim:

ln a device of the class base including an end portion 'formed as a coathanger, a pressure board hingedly connected with the base, cleatsextending across the rear portion of the pressure board and includingend portions extending along the edges ot the base, bars pivoted to theaforesaid end portions on opposite sides ot the pressure board, andsecuring the of the respective bars opposite the pivoted ends thereof,to extended end portions ci the corresponding cleats'.

in a device of tbe class described, base, the upper end oi which istermed into a coat hanger, a transverse member mounted on the base andhaving its ends curved to contorni to the curvature of the hanger, apressure board hinged to the transverse member, a cleat secured to thebase and extending around the edges thereof, and the extended portionsbeing iiush with the suriace oi the pressure board when in operativeposition, a bar pivoted to one of the extended end portions, and a.U-shaped element for clamping the opposite end of the bar to theextended end portion.

in testimony Wh erect l aix rnv signature.

GILBERT H. BOSTON.

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